{"id":148,"date":"2014-10-24T09:29:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T20:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=148"},"modified":"2014-10-24T21:52:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T08:52:30","slug":"a-national-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"A National Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/avatr.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/avatr.gif\" alt=\"avatr\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Joe Trinder<\/strong> editor for Mana News<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-152\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/flag-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" width=\"490\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/flag-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/flag-495x247.jpg 495w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/flag.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National party wants to leave a legacy \u00a0that they changed the New Zealand identity. Unfortunately they are the wrong crowd to \u00a0launch\u00a0this type of change they haven\u2019t created any innovative policy that improves New Zealanders life\u2019s but want to go on an highly expensive rebranding exercise. Although I support the move away from colonial British flag \u00a0the costs are prohibitive for you the tax payer.<\/p>\n<p>Referendum $18 Million<\/p>\n<p>Drivers licences $15 Million<\/p>\n<p>New Passports $25\u00a0 Million<\/p>\n<p>Marketing $3 Million<\/p>\n<p>Flags $3 Million<\/p>\n<p>Total cost <strong>$64 Million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the New Zealand public will accept this type of frivolous spending National need to address some real life human issues instead of buying patriotism. They point blank refuse to feed \u00a0kiwi kids in schools, rape crisis centres have been closed down, Unemployment hovers around 6%, government debt is $60 Billion, New Zealand is in a housing crisis and rental prices have sky rocketed, overall living costs have risen over the last 6 years while wages have been screwed down.<\/p>\n<p>It is reckless of National to be leading edge\u00a0on a mere flag when it lacks innovative ideas\u00a0for the budget, every year it\u2019s a\u00a0traditional budget with nothing that will transform New Zealanders lives. Any new flag they impose could be perceived as an abomination as they \u00a0need to get the fundamentals right before paying for extravagance, \u00a0unfortunately National is out of touch with the reality of \u00a0struggling working class New Zealanders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Joe Trinder editor for Mana News The National party wants to leave a legacy \u00a0that they changed the New Zealand identity. Unfortunately they are the wrong crowd to \u00a0launch\u00a0this type of change they haven\u2019t created any innovative policy that improves New Zealanders life\u2019s but want to go on an highly expensive rebranding exercise. 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